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NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Progress of Negotiations at
The Hague—Start of Zep-
pelin for Tokyo.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
NTERNATIONAL negotiations at
The Hague during the week reached
a point that virtually assured early
evacuation of the Rhineland by the
allies, and made it fairly certain that
Great Britain would its way {in
the matter of the distribution of Ger-
man reparations. Philip Snowden’s ex-
traordinarily undiplomatic, not to say
insulting, language in characterizing
the arguments M. Cheron, French
finance minister, iculous” and
“grotesque” threatened at to dis-
rupt the proceedings. Snowden apol-
ogized, though he and his government
stood firm in their position that the
reparations division in the Young plan
could not be accepted. Thereupon the
representatives of France, Belgi
Italy and Japan began to fi
methods of i
realizing s«
in that
should not be scrapped
togethe
separate be Hn
the British, Mr. Snowden
nan
the Br
share and the four powers named got
together $4.760.000 of
have
of
as
first
satis
ne sacrifi
the
order
however, to stand
make ompro-
nises with
Yip ‘ nl @ oe Snore
indicated he would accept increase
of £0.520.000 per annum ir tish
:
this,
further contribut
ultimatum.
refused to make ion
and
It seemed likely the Young p
far as Germ
accepted
Snowden repeated his
ian inso-
is concerned would be
would
the rep-
until
of
any
d that
he
the
allies
postpone the distributi if
arations amon
er the meeting
tions ns semhl “.
Meanwhil
an
an
aft.
of the League
late in !
English may be In-
duced to abate something of thelr
demands, think the h
Thomas W, Lamont, the
banker who helped devise
plan, admitted in London tha
been asked to go to The Hague to
in the financial deliberations, bu
he had decided It
to away.
Frend
American
was wiser
stay
AVING made the return trip from
Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen in
fast time and without any difficulties,
the German dirigible Graf Zeppelin
was refueled and continued on its
projected flight around the world. It
carried 61 persons, 20 of whom were
passengers, and was equipped with
rifles and emergency food supplies In
case of a forced landing, The next
stopping place was to be Tokyo, and
this second leg of the trip was con-
sidered to be the most perilous for
the huge airship. The route laid out
would take it across Russia, Siberia,
the Sea of Okhotsk and Saghalien,
Doctor Eckener, commander of tha
Graf Zeppelin, has been granted a pat-
ent on a rigid dirigible with separate
gas cells, like the one he flying
around the earth, by the United States
patent office, The patent, applied for
in 1922, has been asgigned to the
Friedrichshafen Zeppelin company.
OUIS BLERIOT, the French pllot
-4 who made the first flight across
the English channel, has perfected de-
signs for a new type of airplane thal
can be automatically converted into
a lifeboat in case of a forced landing
at sea, and he says that it will carry
passengers hetween Paris and New
York in 24 hours,
Future traffic between the conti.
nents will be carried on in neither Zep-
pelins nor hydroplanes, but In large
land planes, according to the French
man, who is at present collaborating
with the Armstrong company of the
United States for the establishment of
a regular air line between Gotham
and Paris. The Armstrong concern
already has begun the construction of
a series of ocean airports stretching
across the Atlantic, concerning which
much bas been printed heretofore,
ECRETARY OF STATE STIMSON
announces that President Hoover
is highly pleased with the progress
made in negotiations betweeh the
United States and Great Britain on
the question of naval armament re.
is
—
Washington officials are
will be possible to hold a
five-power naval conference for the
discussion of cruiser and auxiliary
ship tonnages reduction late this year
or early in 1030,
This statement was given out fol-
lowing a breakfast given by President
Hoover for the purpose of acquaint-
ing members of the naval general
board with the progress of the con-
versations at London and to afford an
opportunity for a round-table discus-
sion of all phases of the problem,
Mr. Stimson said that the President
and the State department expected the
fullest co-operation from the Navy de
partment experts in the campalgn for
naval reduction and that the navy ex-
views would given ca u
He denied 1
has develop ed between
nd
how
duction.
hopeful it
perts’ be
consideration.
rift
general board a
of just
in reducing
PEESIDERT HOOVER
action in accord with |
which he
in
co-ordin
the ¢
at
question
should go
tion statements
for
work
complete ation
of improving inland
navigation, irri;
for
a { 38
pol fed
opment
or
commission
in Cal
lems presents
struction of *
oda
cisco
ing
of representatis
1
wool
Cron
it
cago some time |
Legge,
At thi
Alexander
nounced
plans will
co operatis cf Wo
former secret:
other prominent
formation of a hig
marketing corporation,
said its plan of organization
yet been approved by
ion Is to have a capi
£350.000,000, and in its inl work
will be with 60 subsidiary co-opera-
tives In 25 states.
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3 the hoard
corpor
nit
nit
"THOSE persistent revolutionists In
Venezuela got hold of an old Ger-
man steamer and to the number of 400
landed under cover of darkness and
attacked the Important city of Cu-
mana. The government forces defend
ed the place vigorously and repulsed
the attackers, though thelr command.
er, Gen. Emillo Fernandez, was killed,
The casualties were heavy and
ight lasted four hours, coming to an
end when a government airplane ap-
peared and attacked the rebels with
machine gun fire and bombs, Presi
dent Gomez was not unduly alarmed
but sent three vessels loaded with
troops to try to capture the “pirate”
steamer,
the
EACE negotiations at Manchouli be
tween the Chinese and Russians
were broken off, according to rather
indefinite dispatches from the Orient,
and the Manchurian situation again he-
came threatening. Tokyo reports said
there had been a skirmish on the
heights west of Manchoull and that
three Russian gunboats had landed
troops in three Chinese villages on
the Amur river. More Soviet citizens
were arrested In Manchuria and some
of them deported, and in Harbin the
Russian White Guards were believed
to be organizing an anti-Jewish po.
grom. The Chinese government sent
word to Moscow that it would be
forced to take retalintory measures
unless it received assurances that the
Soviet firing at Suifen would not be
repeated, The Soviet government an.
nounced the formation of a “far east.
ern” army in view of the threatening
conditions on the frontier,
HE tenth anniversary of the Wel.
mar constitution of the German
republic was celebrated with great en-
thusiasm In Berlin, and by dint of tak-
ing extraordinary
making numerous arrests the police
suppressed the Intended demonstra-
tions of the communists and national-
ists. In the vanguard of the huge
parade was a group of New Yorkers
and Chicagoans who carried the Amer.
fcun flag.
precautions and
REMIER MUSSOLINI of Italy
putting into effect the Fascist pol-
fey of splitting up estates that have
been lying untilled and turning them
over for cultivation by small farm.
ers. The other day the feudal estates
of the Doria
were
is
family, comprising 2.5%
thus divided
in a picturesque
Roceagorgn The Ia
ircels and the divi
Acres, among peas
nants ceremony at
nd was separated
The proprieto
Dorin
This
SPAIN Is 1
b to its dic
conference
calendar
h nations agree to participate,
“The inconveniences which the pres
calendar’s impose.” gays
report, “have multiplied with the
progress of civilization, and consplc-
so during the rapid economic
expansion of the last hundred years.
They are being felt more and more,
A defect which has grown to be a cause
of serious inconvenience is the
splitting of weeks at the beginning
end of months and The
lnck of comparability cor
responding divisions of the year, par
ticularly as to the months, one of
the most serious inconveniences, It
makes inaccurate and deceptive a
most important Instrument used by all
the organized agencies
to measure progress and control their
activities—1. e.: data”
defects
vously
very
and
Years,
between
in
of clvilization
statistical
TREET car strikers of New Orleans
J and their stormed
the city hall and beat up Acting Mayor
Walmsley and four councilmen and
then engaged In a general fight with
the police in the course of which four
The was made
while 200 union men were meeting
with the council to demand the
tinuance of bus and jitney cab opera.
tion,
sympathizers
attack
men were shot,
con
EDERAL Judge Morris in Wilming-
ton, Del, handed down a Judgment
against the Radio Corporation of
America In a suit over patent rights
Two of the beneficiaries are Francis
W. Dunmore, a government employee
in the bureau of standards, Washing:
ton, D. C., and Percival D. Lowell. a
former bureau of standards employee
and at present employed by a radio
manufacturing company. The Dubil.
fer Condenser corporation of New
York is the third beneficiary.
According to William Dubilier of
the condenser corporation the suit
will affect every manufacturer mak.
ing radio sets with electric light sock-
et attachment and will involve at
Cold Storage at
37 Degrees Best
Too Close to Freezing
for Potatoes.
(Prepn: Htates Department
Agriculture.)
Cold storage of seed potatoes should
temperature,
United
Agriculture
potato
States Depart-
concluded
Bee
in the
of
storage
have
experiments with seed
in several se
Results of Studies.
The results of the
Technical Bulletin
Influence of
Temperatures on
Vitali of Seed Potatoes,” just pub
lished by the Wi po
tatoes are stored at a temperature of
32 degrees considerable decay results,
At of 40
the remain approximately
dormant for the usual storage season,
and for an
ditional excessive
but
AsoOns,
studies appear In
117.7, “Compara-
Different
Welght Losses
tive Storage
and
department, en
temperatures 36 or degrees
potatoes
be stored
without
even
year
in
nd
de-
in
may
appearance not
The authors, Willlam M
Lombard, and Walter M. all
of the bureau of plant Industry, ex.
Stuart, P.
Peacoc K.
toes, not only at the
Arlington farm,
ginia truck
Norfolk, Va.
tories, Can
department's
but also at the Vir.
experiment station near
at the Marble labora-
'a., and Aroo-
stock farm of the Maine agricultural
experiment Different wvari-
potatoes showed
ton, at the
station,
ations in storage of
in
ige conditions,
response to va-
riations
aliions in tempers
differences
Good Implements Give
T
ak zs :
Protection From Bees
*
Cellar Is Convenient
for Vegetable Storage
The he
for
uge ellar convenient
dirt
is n
vegetable storage A
nreferabl
preferable,
be
double
hy @
partition,
oncrete or a
A window
An outside pit,
t a barrel horizontally
kes an ideal place
root crops,
frequently
for storing
wood
made
re and
hed nit
SOPCDIPPPIOOPPOPPIPPPOPDIP
Agricultural Squibs
i
fungous bacterial
best
or
where
para-
ive moisture is
a
millets can be sufficiently
and windrow and
the quickest method,
- * *
erally
cured
this is
in the swath
There
between
difference
body of
regular
is
the
hutter
practically
flavor or
and that
nn
the
whey of the
product,
. "0
Aphis or plant lice show signs of
being particularly plentiful this year,
controlled with a contact spray.
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Millet is not a difficult hay crop to
cure, Usually the cut erop is allowed
to cure in the swath for at least one
day after which it Is raked into wind-
rows,
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To plant soy beans from the same
lot of seed in the same fleld during
the same summer with the same
amount of fertilizer and make one
plot yield three times the weight of
cured hay ng another plot is an ac
complishment worthy of mention.
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TAXI PATRONS
One of Chicago's
patrons by radio,
privately
taxi cab lines now entertains its
At the extreme right on the
windshield,
£00D BRAKES NOT
ALWAYS CERTAIN
ing to Latest Test Ma.
chines for Safety.
warn that
gtonning
mi
der
excessively
in
condition
glance,
may result
When this
possible
the drum
i prevail
to adjust the brake
brakes are applied
of the brakes Is just one the re.
of
sults of such a condition,
How can owner if his
drums are of round whether
the squeaks in his brakes are due to
tell
or
the car
out
few years ago thiz question would
owner happened to be unusually inter.
a machine shop. Today he to
goes
his car up on a convenient four-wheel
testing machine and in
gesgion of accurate information
the exact condition
ig goon pos.
re.
garding of
AUTOMOBILE FACTS
Cheer up “kids,” airplane engines
are using a lot of castor oil,
- » .
The only sign
at the railroad crossing.
* » *
worth believing is the
g the local traffic is one way
through the
Copyin
to get pleasantly strange
’ - -
A steady, fairly high speed makes
for better time than that al
ternately fast and slow,
. » *
one is
Don't worry about the tires pick-
ing up additional pressure on the long
drive. The manufacturer allowed for
It.
- * =
Obviously there Is no excuse for de-
fiherate suicide. Anyone really wish-
ing to quit this life has only to select
t crowded crossing and persist in jay-
walking.
. * »
A New Jersey teamster has been
fined $30 for biting a piece from the
ear of a balky horse. However, it
worked, and you can try it sometime
to the carburetor,
Prevent Dust Particles
From Entering Vent Pipe
The i
. . i
evel of the gasoline In » float
controlled
by
of a carburetor is
all needle valve operated
fa
Dust Particles
of the
How You Can Prevent
From Entering Vent Pi
Vacuum Tank.
pe
through the dash and
is covered with a piece of old
that will
ar Science Monthly.
filter out
Lp POPP POPP PEPOPIPOIOER
MOTOR QUIZ
Can You Answer?
& How Many
so 2
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Q.—~What is cause of a storage
battery overheating?
Ans. -Not enough water or too rapid
ol
Why should
-Much
ging.
valves be ground?
gasol is saved by
in valves ss loss of compres:
-
rn
Ans as
ply
ine
aing
Q
gtartin
What is a common cause of hard
en the battery
3
2 even wh is in
good condition?
Ans. —Old or wornout spark plugs.
or plugs that are nat properly gapped
Plug should be gapped at 018 to 022
inch: and breaker points at to
L020 inch, In most cases
Q.—~What per cent of the consump-
tion of
rubber,
gasoline
015
various commodities
plate
stich as
glass, leather,
and finished rollad
used by the automotive industry?
Ang.—Rubber, 85 per cent, plate
glass, 74 per cent, leather, 60 per cent,
nickel, 28 per cent, gasoline, 80 per
cent, and rolled steel, 18 per cent.
Q-~What was the increase in ear
registration for the first quarter of
1029 against the same period in 10287
Ang, «1,500,000,
nicke!,
steel is
Nation of Speed
Thirty-six states of the Union per.
mitted cars to travel at speeds as
great as 35 and 45 miles an hofir In
1028, while three states placed no
fixed limit on the speed of motor cars,
In 1018 only three states allowed cars
to travel 85 or 40 miles an hour on
their highways, Twenty-five miles an
hour was the usual maximum, while
one state fixed 15 as the greatest per